Associations between sex differences, eating disorder behaviors, physical and mental health, and self-harm among Chinese adolescents

Wang, Yuanyuan; Ma, Zhihao; Lu, Su; Duan, Zhizhou; Wilson, Amanda; Jia, Yinwei; Yang, Yong; Chen, Runsen

doi:10.1186/s40337-023-00754-7

Journal of Eating Disorders

Table 4 Risk factors and association with subjective binging in school adolescents

From: Associations between sex differences, eating disorder behaviors, physical and mental health, and self-harm among Chinese adolescents

	Male adolescents					Female adolescents
	Odds ratio	Std. err	Z value	P value	[95% conf. interval]	Odds ratio	Std. err	Z value	P value	[95% conf. interval]
Sexual orientation (Heterosexual = 0)
Gay/Lesbian	0.923	0.192	− 0.384	0.701	0.614–1.388	1.005	0.198	0.026	0.979	0.683–1.479
Bisexual	1.213	0.157	1.497	0.134	0.942–1.563	1.309	0.184	1.912	0.056	0.993–1.724
Reporting no sexual attraction	0.853	0.081	− 1.662	0.096	0.708–1.029	0.887	0.111	− 0.956	0.339	0.694–1.134
Age	1.019	0.030	0.617	0.537	0.961–1.080	1.097**	0.039	2.613	0.009	1.023–1.175
Household registration residence (Urban = 0)	1.040	0.087	0.476	0.634	0.884–1.225	0.990	0.103	− 0.092	0.927	0.807–1.215
Being the only child (No = 0)	0.952	0.080	− 0.583	0.560	0.808–1.122	1.028	0.114	0.252	0.801	0.827–1.278
Suicidal ideation (No = 0)	1.023	0.135	0.175	0.861	0.790–1.326	0.881	0.129	− 0.869	0.385	0.661–1.173
Non-suicidal self-harm (No = 0)	0.987	0.140	− 0.089	0.929	0.748–1.304	0.885	0.131	− 0.826	0.409	0.663–1.182
Perceived cognitive deficits	1.240***	0.062	4.279	0.000	1.124–1.369	1.278***	0.085	3.677	0.000	1.121–1.457
Anxiety symptoms	1.166	0.112	1.609	0.108	0.967–1.407	0.887	0.100	− 1.067	0.286	0.711–1.106
Depression symptoms	1.125	0.120	1.106	0.269	0.913–1.388	1.690***	0.210	4.216	0.000	1.324–2.158
Poor self-rated health status	1.067	0.053	1.318	0.187	0.969–1.176	1.097	0.078	1.316	0.188	0.956–1.260
School bullying victim (No = 0)	1.010	0.134	0.078	0.938	0.778–1.312	1.149	0.228	0.703	0.482	0.780–1.694
School bullying perpetrator (No = 0)	1.493***	0.140	4.286	0.000	1.243–1.794	1.370*	0.200	2.157	0.031	1.029–1.824
Constant	0.063***	0.029	− 6.089	0.000	0.026–0.153	0.011***	0.006	− 8.372	0.000	0.004–0.031
Observations			5443					4776
DF			14					14
Chi²			131.6					141.2
Log likelihood			− 2100					− 1418

***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05

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